LAGOS SEPTEMBER 7H (NEWSRANGERS)-Elder statesman, Edwin Clark, on Friday faulted the police leadership for dismissing the three inspectors who raided his home. The Ijaw leader believes the officers led by an Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP), who has also been suspended, could not have embarked on the operation without the knowledge of the police authorities….
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Inspector-General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, has ordered the immediate disbandment of the IGP Special Tactical Squad and the redeployment of all the personnel of the squad to other departments and formations of the force. This followed the raid of the Abuja residence of elder statesman, Chief Edwin Clark for arms and…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A former Minister of Education, Dr. Oby Ezekwesili, has alleged that the federal government was “deliberately corrupting the elections process in the country,” fingering the newly launched ‘Trader Moni.’ Ezekwesili, co-convener of the Bring Back Our Girls (BBOG) Movement, specifically said that the scheduled governorship election in Osun State expected to take…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Elder statesman and leader of the South-South region, Chief Edwin Clark, has revealed the identity of top police officers allegedly involved in the raiding of his Abuja residence on Tuesday on information that he was stockpiling arms in his house. Clark, who is demanding a full blown investigation into the matter, named…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Alpa Beta, a consultancy owned by Bola Tinubu, former Governor of Lagos State and National leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), is at the centre of a N100billion fraud, tax evasion and money laundering petition written by Mr. Dapo Apara, its Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer. According to Apara’s petition to the…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The National Association of Nigerian Students has banned the conferment of awards on individuals and organizations by all student union bodies in the country. The NANS President, Bamidele Danielson, who announced this during the inauguration of the new executive of the association in Abuja on Thursday, explained that such award conferments on…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Central Bank of Nigeria has deducted a total of N5.61 billion from the accounts of three banks as fines it imposed on them last week for alleged illegal repatriation of funds for telecoms giant, MTN. According to a report by Reuters, the three banks include Standard Chartered which was debited N2.47…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A former governor of Kano State, Ibrahim Shekarau, has defected from the Peoples Democratic Party to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). Shekarau announced his decision to join the ruling party after a closed-door meeting with the national chairman of the APC, Adams Oshiomhole. The closed-door meeting was held on Friday in…
